The closing date is 23 March 2025
Salary: £59,490 to £66,239 a year pa inc
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our well established team as a Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children.
The post holder will provide leadership on Oxleas Think Family safeguarding strategy and workplan, promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and contribute to development of relevant safeguarding policies, procedures and guidance.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide leadership on Oxleas Think Family safeguarding strategy and workplan, promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and contribute to development of relevant safeguarding policies, procedures and guidance.
The post holder will fulfil the requirements of Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, with responsibility for co-ordinating the Trust safeguarding children activity. The post holder will support Lead Safeguarding Children Specialist for adult mental health in developing robust consistent safeguarding practice in line with best practice and statutory requirements.
The post holder will provide expert advice, supervision and support on safeguarding children matters, working together with key professionals and partner agencies.
The post holder will actively contribute towards the quality and assurance agenda including training, audit, collection and analysis of relevant data.
The post holder will contribute to Safeguarding Children Practice Reviews, Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews, Learning Reviews and Serious incident investigations.
The post holder will work in close partnership with external stakeholders towards ensuring effective safeguarding arrangements.
The post holder will lead and have line management responsibility for Specialist safeguarding nurses/ practitioners.
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills – written
- Experience of people management
Desirable
- Experience of working in deprived area with high safeguarding need
Skills
Essential
- Involvement in relevant audit projects
Desirable
- Experience of designing and delivering training
Essential
Essential
- Qualified supervisor
- Sound knowledge of safeguarding legislation and guidance
- Evidence of post-graduate study in safeguarding
- Five years post basic experience in nursing
Desirable
- Knowledge of adult safeguarding
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).